Gesher Galicia - Databases created or hosted by Gesher Galicia.  Most of this data was collected and donated by members of Gesher Galicia for the benefit of their fellow researchers.

• 1929 Polish Business Directory
• Database of Eastern Galician Localities, 1919-1939, Including some Western Galician Districts. Created by Alexander Sharon.
• Database of Galitzianers Buried in Mokom Sholom Cemetery's Free Burial Area Contains more than 450 names. Created by Florence Marmor.
• Galicia Given Names Database (GNDB)- Created by Professor G. L. Esterson.
• Galician Surname Index. Index to lists of surnames found on numerous Jewish-Galician family history web sites. Created by Edward Rosenbaum.
• Jewish Records at the Lviv Archives - A partial list of holdings of Jewish records. Created by Alexander Dunai.

Jewish Records Indexing - Poland - A project to create a computer database of indices to the 19th century Jewish vital records of Poland and its former territories. Indices to many Galician records can be found here. Other web-based searchable database projects of JRI-Poland include the 1929 Polish Business Directory.

• The JewishGen Poland Database or The "All-Poland" Database - Over 3.3 million records for Poland, from a variety of sources, including: vital records, business directories, voter lists, passenger manifests, Yizkor books and other Holocaust sources. A joint project of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen.
• LDS Family History Library Polish-Jewish Microfilms
• Search JRI-Poland - Search the JRI-Poland database, containing over 1.5 million records.
• JRI-Poland / Polish State Archives
  • AGAD Archives Project - Indexing the 19th century Jewish vital records of 82 towns and villages in the eastern part of Galicia (now Ukraine) now stored at the AGAD archives.
  • Polish State Archives Project for Galician towns - Indexing Jewish vital records of Poland not available in the LDS (Mormon) microfilms. Existing Galicia projects are Krakow, Lezajsk (Rzeszow), Lwow, Przemysl, Rzeszow, Sanok and Tarnow.
• Slownik Nazwisk - Dictionary of surnames currently in Poland

JewishGen - The top web site for Jewish genealogy and host to Gesher Galicia, JRI-Poland, and numerous other Jewish genealogical projects. JewishGen has many databases of interest to Galician researchers.

• The 1891 Galician Business Directory - “A database containing over 20,000 names from over 1,000 different towns throughout Galicia.”
• All JewishGen Databases
• Holocaust Database - A collection of databases containing information about Holocaust victims and survivors. Some of the Galicia-related databases that are in this collection:
• Jewish Inhabitants of Krosno, Galicia, Poland
• Lvov Ghetto Database
• Krakow Ghetto Database
• Borislav-Drohobycz Delinquent Water Bills 1941-1942
• Kolomyya 1939 Kehila Dues
• Polish Martyred Physicians 
• ... and many others
• Index of 1890 New York Immigrants from Austria, Poland, and Galicia
• The JewishGen Poland Database or The "All-Poland" Database - Over 3.3 million records for Poland, from a variety of sources, including: vital records, business directories, voter lists, passenger manifests, Yizkor books and other Holocaust sources. A joint project of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen.
• Jewish Records in the Family History Library Catalog - An inventory of the microfilms, microfiche and books in the LDS Family History Library Catalog^™ (FHLC), through 2001, which are specifically Jewish genealogical sources. The complete FHLC can be consulted at http://www.familysearch.org.
• Surnames in Indexes to Meorei Galicia (Encyclopedia of Galician Sages) - Database created by Rav-SIG

Routes to Roots Foundation - Contains an unmatched database of archival holdings for different countries in Eastern Europe, plus a wealth of information about doing research in Eastern Europe.

• Eastern European Archive Database - Consolidated, searchable list of archive holdings for Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Moldova. The archives indexed on the Routes to Routes site include the Lviv Historical Archive, Krakow Archives, Przemysl Archives, Rzeszow Archives, Tarnow Archives, and Warsaw AGAD Archives, plus regional archives in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislawow), Tarnopol, and others.

Jewish Genealogical Society, New York - Thousand-plus member society has a home page that features important database resources for Galician researchers, including lists of landsmanshaftn, burial societies and other databases specific to the city with the largest Jewish population in the New World.

• Burial Societies in the New York Metro Area
• New York Landsmanshaftn and Other Jewish Organizations. Includes many Galician organizations.

Family Search - Free family history, family tree, and genealogical records and resources from around the world.

• Finding Jewish Records. In-depth guide to tracing Jewish ancestors from the U.S. back to Europe from 1850 to 1930. Follow the steps to identify a birthplace or place of origin.
• Jewish Family History Resources
• Jewish Genealogy Research Outline. Helpful guide to records and research strategies focusing on Jewish family history. Revised Aug. 2008.

Other Databases

• United States Library of Congress digital images of the 1923 Commercial directory for Poland and Danzig. A "how-to" guide to navigating the on-line directory can be found on our "How to Navigate the 1923 Polish Business Directory" page.
• Galician Administrative Districts - A list of administrative districts and their constituent subdistricts.  (Part of the Polish Genealogical Society of America web site.)
• Historic Polish Directories - Genealogy Indexer. Search Engine for Online Historical Dictionaries, created by Logan Kleinwaks, to date includes 34 directories for Poland, Galicia, Krakow, and Lwow; 9 Polish military databases; 66 Yizkor books, including Lancut, Przemysl,, Rohatyn, Sambor, and Skalat. Instructions on how Io view an image containing matches to your search term can be found in the HELP screen on this site.
• Prague Conscription Database (1850-1914) Applications for Residence Permit of Prague Police Headquarters (Czechoslovakia). Searchable index in English. View original applications, with headings in German and/or German/Czech. Many Galitzianers included.
• Vital Records for Galician Towns - A database compiled from the 1900 Austro-Hungarian census that lists the locations of records for Galician towns.  Also useful for finding all towns in a particular district or subdistrict. (Part of the PolishRoots web site.)

Polish State Archives Searchable Databases

• List of archival fonds SEZAM
• Inventories of archival fonds IZA - searchable by archive or information (personal name, town, subject)
• Vital records and civil registers PRADZIAD - what's available and contacts